jerry built
1Jerry-built — Jer ry built , a. 1. Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry built houses. Syn: slipshod, ramshackle, flimsy. [1913 Webster] 2. Developed in an unsystematic or inexpert manner; built haphazardly; used of objects, organizations, plans, etc.… …
2jerry-built — 1869, in which jerry has a sense of bad, defective, probably a pejorative use of the male nickname Jerry (a popular form of Jeremy; Cf. Jerry sneak, mid 19c., sneaking fellow, a hen pecked husband [OED]). Or from or influenced by nautical slang… …
3jerry-built — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ badly or hastily built. DERIVATIVES jerry builder noun. ORIGIN sometimes said to be from the name of a firm of builders in Liverpool, or to allude to the walls of Jericho, which fell down at the sound of Joshua s trumpets (Book of… …
4jerry-built — [jer′ē bilt΄] adj. [< JERRY (as an old generalized epithet, esp. of belittlement: cf. JACK), prob. reinforced by JURY2] built poorly, of cheap materials …
5jerry-built — [adj] flimsy cheap, defective, insubstantial, jerry rigged, junky, makeshift, ramshackle, rickety, shoddy, slipshod, unsound, unsubstantial; concept 267 …
6jerry-built — jerry ,built adjective built very quickly and with as little money as possible, and therefore not of good quality …
7jerry-built — [[t]ʤe̱ri bɪlt[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe houses or blocks of flats as jerry built, you are critical of the fact that they have been built very quickly and cheaply, without much care for safety or quality. Workers at the plant… …
8jerry-built — {adj.} 1. Built poorly or carelessly of cheap materials; easily broken. * /That jerry built cabin will blow apart in a strong wind./ 2. Done without careful preparation or thought; planned too quickly. * /When the regular television program didn… …
9jerry-built — {adj.} 1. Built poorly or carelessly of cheap materials; easily broken. * /That jerry built cabin will blow apart in a strong wind./ 2. Done without careful preparation or thought; planned too quickly. * /When the regular television program didn… …
10jerry-built — adj 1. Built poorly or carelessly of cheap materials; easily broken. That jerry built cabin will blow apart in a strong wind. 2. Done without careful preparation or thought; planned too quickly. When the regular television program didn t come on …